After a brilliantly full 2015,
the highlight of which was welcoming her son Ben to the world in April,
Jill is looking forward to an exciting year ahead. 2016 will see the
release of her new CD of premieres for recorder and piano with Aleks
Szram, as well as the launch of a new online venture – more details
soon. Jill will also be back teaching and performing at Dartington in
the summer and hopes to see some of you there.

For those of you who missed
Jill’s performance on BBC2’s ‘The Great History Quiz: The Tudors’ on
Christmas Eve, there’s still time to catch it on BBC iPlayer. Jill is
playing a couple of pieces in the Entertainment Section of the quiz, at
about 36 minutes in.

Jill’s CD Launch in April was
a big success – hosted by the Royal Over-Seas League, the wine and
canapes flowed and Jill and Aleks were kept busy signing lots of CDs!

The CD is available to buy via
the website here, as well as on Amazon, HMV and many
other sites. It will soon be available to download on iTunes – we will
keep you updated with this when it’s ready. The disc has already
received some great reviews in the press, including:

“Jill Kemp truly is one of the
best recorder players in the world. With an excellent recording and
informative notes this new release from one of our most accomplished
recorder players is very much recommended.”The Classical Reviewer

“Jill Kemp has selected works
by compatriots Gordon Jacob, York Bowen, Lennox Berkeley, Malcolm
Arnold and Edmund Rubbra. They provide the proof that the recorder is
anything but old. A rich range of colours is first and foremost. She
also has a stunning technique that enhances and demonstrates these
sophisticated and complex pieces.”Pizzicato Magazine (translation)

In May, Jill was back at Abbey
Road, recording for the soundtrack of Philomena, a new film starring
Judi Dench and Steve Coogan. The music was composed by Alexandre
Desplat, who Jill worked with on The Fantastic Mr Fox and Harry Potter
and the Deathly Hallows. Earlier this month Jill performed the Jacob
Suite and a Vivaldi Concerto at the brilliant Classical Revolution night, held at the Green Carnation bar in Soho. She even found
time to fit in her wedding to Pete, in a tipi up on the Yorkshire moors
at the end of May! Don’t forget you can keep up to date with the latest
updates from Jill on her facebook and twitter pages, you
may even see a couple of wedding photos there!

The next few months will see
Jill perform premieres of works by Gregory Rose, Carolina Noguera and
Daryl Runswick. Keep an eye on the concerts page for more
details.

February 2013

On
February 7th Jill will be the guest artist at Club Inegales, an
innovative club creating new music in new ways, in an informal basement
bar setting. Under Artistic Director Peter Wiegold, the evening will
open with a set by the house band Notes Inegales. Jill will then
perform solo works by Bach and the Japanese composer Ryohei Hirose,
before the final set where Jill and Notes Inegales perform and
improvise together some Purcell, klesmer and Martin Butler’s ‘Echo
Ground’.

This
promises to be very different to many of Jill’s usual concerts so it
would be great to see some of you there! More details at Clubinegales and you can view a trailer for the event here

January 2013

Happy New Year!

Jill
is looking forward to a very exciting year ahead, with her CD release,
concerts, recordings, new commissions and collaborations old and new
(not to mention her wedding in May!).

Jill’s
CD “English Recorder Works”, with her regular duo partner Aleksander
Szram and the Brodowski Quartet will be released in April on the MMC
Label. Jill is delighted that the CD launch is being hosted by the
Royal Over-Seas League on April 9th. There are lots of concerts to
celebrate the launch in April/May, so check out the concerts page for
more information and hope to see you there!

Don’t forget you can follow Jill on facebook and twitter to keep up to date with recent news.

April 2012

Jill is delighted to be returning to Dartington this summer to teach and perform at the inspiring International Summer School.
She'll be there in week 2 (July 28th-August 4th) giving recorder
masterclasses and coaching ensembles and consorts. The course is open
to all abilities from beginners to young professionals and there are
bursaries available for talented students - deadline for bursary
applications is the middle of April. It's an amazing place and there
are opportunities to get involved in lots of classes whilst you're
there - other artists that week include Stile Antico, Bill Lyons from
the Dufay Collective, Maggie Cole and Colin Booth on harpsichord, David
Staff early brass and Ensemble Meridiana.

As always at
Dartington, there will be a fantastic array of concerts during the
week, given by the visiting artists. Jill will be giving 2 concerts
whilst she's there - one of Bach Cantatas (BWV 106 and 152) and Handel
sonatas with performers from Ensemble Meridiana and Stile Antico, and a
performance of Kemptown Races in a concert dedicated to the memory of
David Bedford. DISS is a unique and inspiring place, and is always one
of the highlights of the year - plus, the food is amazing! For more
information and details of packages/accommodation please visit www.dartington.org/summer-school

September 2011Jill will be performing at Birmingham Conservatoire
in October – this should be a fantastic weekend of concerts, lectures
and discussions. Jill is involved in two events – on Saturday 22nd she
will be giving a recital of works commissioned by Dolmetsch between the
1950s-1980s and the following day she will be premiering two new works
written for her by David Bedford and George King.

August 2010

Nearing the end of a
summer packed with concerts, masterclasses and recording sessions for
another film soundtrack, this week Jill gave her earliest concert to
date - at 9.30am! Jill’s ‘Bach for Breakfast’ recital was the opening
concert for ROSL Arts’ 11th series at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Her performance was a sell-out and received critical acclaim – check
out the reviews here.

It’s full steam ahead now rehearsing for
her new CD of 20th century British works, which will be recorded at
Potton Hall at the beginning of September. Before that, Jill has three
concerts in two days (luckily all in London!) on the 1st and 2nd of
September. Do try and make it along to one if you can to hear a sneak
preview of the repertoire for the recording, alongside some Baroque
favourites. The CD will be released in the first half of 2011, so watch
this space….

May 2010

There
are lots of exciting things coming up over the next few months. Jill
will be returning to Sicily in July, as a jury member for the IBLA
Grand Prize and later the same month will once again be teaching and
performing at Dartington during the first week
of the summer school.
Hope to see some of you there!
Jill has also recently started working with the wonderful Brodowski
Quartet in preparation for her new CD, which will be recorded
in the Autumn.

Jill’s first course of masterclasses for www.MyMasterclass.com
are now available online – they take children from being complete
beginners to playing simple pieces, so if you want to learn the basics
check out the site! There will be more classes added over the next few
months, including advanced classes on repertoire and different aspects
of recorder technique.

November 2009

Jill
has had a fantastic few months, beginning with her first tour of the US
in April/May. Starting off in the beautiful sunshine of Virginia and
New York, she then travelled to snowy North Dakota before finishing the
tour in a very wet Arkansas! The highlight of the tour was undoubtably
her critically acclaimed Carnegie Hall debut, which was an amazing and
unforgettable experience. Back in London, Jill spent a lovely day
recording in Abbey Road Studios for the soundtrack of The Fantastic Mr
Fox, out in cinemas now. A busy summer saw her return to Sicily to give
concerts and sit on the jury for the IBLA Grand Prize, where she was a
prizewinner last year. She then returned to give
masterclasses at
Dartington International Summer School and somehow managed to squeeze
in moving house and a few days much needed surfing in Cornwall!

During the
next few months, Jill will be touring in Poland and Ghana as well as
recording her new CD - more details about this soon! On Remembrance
Sunday she is delighted to be performing in London at the Duke of
York’s Theatre, in Feelgood Theatre Production’s ‘Eloquent
Protest’.
There are a host of of famous names taking part and it should be a
fantastic and inspiring event. All money raised will go to the Mark
Wright Project, which supports servicemen, women and bereaved families
recovering from the invisible wounds of war.

March 2009

During
April/May 2009 Jill will be touring the USA in the IBLA Grand
Prize-winners tour. This will include her Carnegie Hall debut in New
York, as well as performances in Virginia, Arkansas and North Dakota.
More details soon on the concerts page.

September 2008
Check out Jill's 'Performer's Passion' article on the recorder in the
October Edition of Classic FM Magazine, in the shops now!

August 2008

A
busy summer has seen Jill broadcast on Italian television, give
recitals in Edinburgh, Sicily and London, and teach and perform at the
prestigious Dartington International Summer School. In July she won the
Pablo de Sarasate Prize and the Most Distinguished Musician award at
the IBLA Grand Prize in Italy. Continuing her drive to raise the
profile of her instrument, she was featured in Muso magazine's Big
Noise in June - read the article here.
The next few months include concerts in Guildford, Bishop Auckland,
Essex, Ealing and the Princess Alexandra Hall in London, so check out
the concerts page for your nearest venue!

October 2007

World premieres

A
dream begins a search to find the missing music

...what is the bird Garuda?

October 21st sees the first performance of Jill's new concert Enchanted in the
Steyning Centre as part of the Adur
Arts Live Festival.
Enchanted is an exciting new concert that Jill has been developing over
the last year and uses projected images, narrative (and lots of
bamboo!) to engage the audience's senses and lead them on a musical
journey. Watch the story unfold through a series of works by Sarasate,
Vivaldi, Bowen and many more, culminating in the premiere of a
remarkable work for recorders, piano and soundscape written especially
for the concert by Chris Gander. This promises to be a unique concert
experience!
On November 13th Jill will be giving a solo performance of contemporary
music as part of the London
New Wind Festival
at St Cyprians Church in London. She will be playing works by Hirose,
Bedford and Mays and the world premiere of Winter Seascapes from
Ospedaletti by Stephanie Cant.

March 2007

Jill has become the
first recorder player ever to win the wind, brass and percussion final
of
the prestigious Royal Over-Seas League music competition.

The competition took place in three rounds over five days, culminating
in the final at Princess Alexandra Hall in London on 6th February. As a
result, Jill will be performing at the Southbank Centre's
Queen Elizabeth Hall in the Final Concert and Award Ceremony on May
11th.